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1992

  • Crone, A.J., 1992, Structural relations and earthquake hazards of the Crittenden County Crone, A.J., Giardino, M., and Schweig, E.S., III, 1995, Paleoseismic studies of the Bootheel lineament, southeastern Missouri, and the Crittenden County fault zone, northeastern Arkansas, New Madrid seismic zone, central United States:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2279, 1 oversized plate, 21 page pamphlet. 
  • Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., and Bowman, J.R., 1992, Geologic investigations of the 1988 Tennant Creek, Australia, earthquakes—Implications for paleoseismicity in stable continental regions:  U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2032-A, 51 p., 2 plates.
  • Gomberg, J.S., 1992, Tectonic deformation in the New Madrid seismic zone--Inferences from boundary element    modeling:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 63, p. 407-426.
  • Gomberg, J.S., 1992, Tectonic deformation in the New Madrid seismic zone:  Inferences from map-view and cross-sectional boundary element models:  Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, p. 6639-6664.
  • Hildenbrand, T.G., Rosenbaum, J.G., and Reynolds, R.L., 1992, High-resolution aeromagnetic study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Seismological Research Letters, v. 63, no. 3, p. 209-221.
  • Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J., Shedlock, K. M., Pratt, T. L., and Williams, R. A., 1992, Mini-Sosie high-resolution seismic method aids hazards studies:  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 73, n. 44, p. 473-476. 
  • Wheeler, R.L., and Johnston, A.C., 1992, Geologic implications of earthquake source parameters in central and eastern North America:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 63, no. 4, p. 491-514.

  • 1993

    • Machette, M.N., Crone, A.J., and Bowman, J.R., 1993, Geologic investigations of the 1986 Marryat Creek, Australia earthquakes--Implications for paleoseismicity in stable continental regions:  U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2032-B, 29 p., 1 plate.
    • Machette, M.N., and Crone, A.J., 1993, Geologic investigations of Australian earthquakes—Paleoseismicity and the recurrence of surface faulting in stable regions of continents:  Earthquakes and Volcanoes, v. 24, no. 2, p. 74-85.

    1994

  • Gomberg, J.S., and Ellis, M.A., 1994, Topography and tectonics of the central New Madrid Seismic zone:  results of numerical experiments using a three-dimensional boundary-element program: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, p. 20299-20310
  • Hildenbrand, T.G., and Hendricks, J.D., 1994, Geophysical setting of the Reelfoot rift and relations between rift structures and the New Madrid seismic zone in Shedlock, Kaye, and Johnston, Arch, eds., Investigations of the New Madrid Seismic Zone:  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538E, p. 1-30.
  • Hutton, J.T., Prescott, J.R., Bowman, J.R., Dunham, M.N.E., Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., and Twidale, C.R., 1994, Thermoluminescense dating of Australian paleoearthquakes:  Quaternary Geochronology, v. 13, no. 2, p. 143-147.
  • Odum, J. K., Stephenson, W. J., Luzietti, E. A., Shedlock, K. M., Worley, D. M., and Williams, R. A., 1994, Miscellaneous high-resolution seismic-reflection reconnaissance surveys in the Mississippi valley graben:  western Tennessee, northeast Arkansas, and southeast Missouri:  U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, 94-131.
  • Powell, C.A., Bollinger, G.A., Chapman, M.C., Sibol, M.S., Johnston, A.C., and Wheeler, R.L., 1994, A seismotectonic model for the 300-kilometer-long eastern Tennessee seismic zone:  Science, v. 264, p. 686-688.
  • Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1994, Map showing large structures interpreted from geophysical data in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:  U.S. Geological survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. 
  • Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1994, Map showing locations of geophysical survey and modeling lines in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-C, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
  • Rhea, Susan, Wheeler, R.L., and Tarr, A.C., 1994, Map showing seismicity and sandblows in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies  Map 2264-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
  • Wheeler, R.L., and Rhea, Susan, 1994, Map showing surficial and hydrologic features in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field  Studies Map 2264-E, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
  • Wheeler, R.L., Rhea, Susan, and Dart, R.L., 1994, Map showing structure of the Mississippi Valley graben in the vicinity of New Madid, Missouri:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
  • Wheeler, R.L., Rhea, Susan and Tarr, A.C., 1994, Elements of infrastructure and seismic hazard in the central United States, in Shedlock, K.M., and Johnston, A.C., eds., Investigations of the New Madrid seismic zone:  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, Chapter M, 3 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000, 18 p. interpretive text.

  • 1995


  • Bowman, J.R., Crone, A.J., and Machette, M.N., 1995, The recurrence of earthquakes in the stable continental region of Australia-Marryat Creek and Tennant Creek:  Electrical Power Research Institute Report (EPRI) TR-102157, 65 p.
  • Odum, J. K., Luzietti, E. A., Stephenson, W. J., Shedlock, K. M., and Michael, J. A., 1995, High-resolution shallow seismic reflection surveys of the northwest Reelfoot Rift boundary near Marston, Missouri, in Shedlock, K. M., and Johnston, A. C., eds., Investigations of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, p. P1-P18. 
  • Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1995, Map showing synopsis of seismotectonic reatures in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-2521, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
  • Stephenson, W. J., Shedlock, K. M., and Odum, J. K., 1995, Characterization of the Cottonwood Grove and Ridgely faults near Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee from high-resolution seismic reflection data, in Shedlock, K. M., and Johnston, A. C., eds., Investigations of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, p. I1-I20.
  • Tanaka, Kazuhiro, Machette, M.N., Crone, A.J., and Bowman, J.R., 1995, ESR dating of eolian sand near Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia:  Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 14, p. 385-393.
  • Van Arsdale, R.B., Williams, R.A., Schweig III, E.S., Shedlock, K.M., Odum, J.K., and King, K.W., 1995, The origin of Crowley's Ridge, northeastern Arkansas: erosional remnant or tectonic uplift? Bulletin Seismological Society of America, vol. 85, no. 4, p. 963-985.
  • Williams, R.A., Odum, J.K., Pratt, T.L., Shedlock, K.M., and Stephenson, W.J., 1995, Seismic surveys for earthquake hazard assessment in the New Madrid seismic zone: The Leading Edge, v. 14, no. 1, p. 30-34.
  • Williams, R.A., Luzietti, E.A., and Carver, D.L., 1995, High-resolution seismic imaging of Quaternary faulting on the Crittenden County fault zone, New Madrid seismic zone, northeastern Arkansas: Seismological Research Letters, v. 66, no. 3, p. 42-57.
  • Williams, R. A., Odum, J. K., Pratt, T. L, Shedlock, K. M., and Stephenson, W. J., 1995, Seismic surveys for earthquake hazard reduction in the New Madrid seismic zone, northeastern Arkansas:  The Leading Edge, v. 14, n. 1, p. 30-34. 
  • 1996

  • Hildenbrand, T.G., Griscom, Andrew, Van Schumus, R.S., and Stuart, William, 1996, Quantitative investigations of the Missouri gravity low? A possible expression of a large Late Precambrian batholith intersecting the New Madrid seismic zone,  Journal of Geophysical Research, v.101, n.b10, p. 21,921-21,942.
  • Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1996, Map showing seismicity in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky:  U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 14 p. descriptive text.
  • Rhea, Susan, Wheeler, R.L., and Hopper, M.G., 1996, Map showing earthquake intensities in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky:  U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 6 p. descriptive text.
  • Van Arsdale, R.B., Guccione, M.J., Stephenson, W.J. and Odum, J.K., 1996, Collaborative Research-University of Memphis, and University of Arkansas: Mini-Sosie seismic reflection surveys at Reelfoot Lake, TN and Big Lake AR: Final Report submitted to U. S. Geological Survey, award number 1434-95-G2632.
  • 1997

  • Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., and Bowman, J.R., 1997, The episodic nature of surface-faulting earthquakes in the stable interior of continents—Evidence from Australia and North America:  Australian Journal of Earth Science, v. 44, no 2, p. 203-214.
  • Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., Bradley, L.-A., and Mahan, S. A., 1997, Late Quaternary surface faulting on the Cheraw fault, southeastern Colorado:  U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map, I-2591, 1 oversize plate, 7 p. pamphlet. (http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/maps/covers/i-2591/i2591.html)
  • Hildenbrand, T.G. and Kolata, D.R., 1997, eds., Investigations of the Illinois Basin Earthquake Region:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, n. 4, p. 499-688.
  • Hildenbrand, T.G., and Ravat, Tiku, 1997, The geophysical setting of the Wabash Valley Fault System, in Hildenbrand, T.G. and Kolata, D.R., eds., Investigations of the Illinois Basin Earthquake Region:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, n. 4, p. 567-585.
  • Kolata, D.R., and Hildenbrand, T.G., 1997, Structural underpinnings and neotectonics of the southern Illinois Basin?An overview, in Hildenbrand, T.G. and Kolata, D.R., eds., Investigations of the Illinois Basin Earthquake Region: Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, n. 4, p. 499-510.
  • Langenheim, Victoria, and Hildenbrand, T.G., 1997, The Commerce geophysical lineament:  Its source, geometry and relation to the Reelfoot rift and New Madrid seismic zone: Geological Society of America, v. 109, n.5, p. 580-595.
  • Palmer, J. R. Hoffman, D., Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K., and Williams, R. A., 1997, Shallow seismic reflection profiles and geological structure in the Benton Hills, southeast Missouri, Engineering Geology, v. 46, p. 217?233. 
  • Shedlock, K. M., Stephenson, W. J., Luzietti, E. A., Zihlman, N., and Oliver, H. O., Rhea, B. S. and Collins, D. R., 1997, Mississippi River shallow seismic survey, U. S. Geological Survey CD-ROM.
  • Stuart, William, Hildenbrand, T.G., and Simpson, R.W., 1997, Detachment fault model for the New Madrid seismic zone:  Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, n b12, p. 27,623-27,633.
  • Wheeler, R.L., Diehl, S.F., Rhea, Susan, Sargent, M.L., and Bear, G.W., 1997, Map showing selected wells and geophysical survey and modeling lines in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky:  U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-C, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 16 p. descriptive text.
  • Wheeler, R.L., 1997, Boundary separating the seismically active Reelfoot Rift from the sparsely seismic Rough Creek Graben, Kentucky and Illinois:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, no. 4, p. 586-598.
  • Wheeler, R.L., Rhea, Susan, Diehl, S.F., Drahovzal, J.A., Bear, G.W., and Sargent, M.L., 1997, Seismotectonic map showing faults, igneous rocks, and geophysical and tectonic features in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky:  U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 19 p. descriptive text.
  • 1998

  • Crone, A.J., 1998, Defining the southwestern end of the Blytheville arch, northeastern Arkansas—Delimiting a seismic source zone in the New Madrid region:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 69, no. 4, p. 350-358. 
  • Dart, R. L., and Swolfs, H. S., 1998, Contour mapping of relic structures in the Precambrian basement of the Reelfoot rift, North American midcontinent:  Tectonics, v. 17, p. 235-249.
  • Li, Y., Schweig, E. S., Tuttle, M. P., and Ellis, M. A., 1998, Evidence for large prehistoric earthquakes in the northern New Madrid seismic zone, central United States:  Seismological Research Letters, v. 69, p. 270-276.
  • Machette, M. N., Crone, A. J., Haller, K. M., Bradley, L. -A., Stephenson, W. J., Williams, R. A., Odum, J. K., and Souders, V. L., 1998, Field investigations of suspected later Quaternary faults in central Nebraska- evidence on non-tectonic origins, U. S. Geological Survey, Geological Investigations Series I-2649. 
  • Odum, J. K., Stephenson, W. J, Shedlock, K. M., and Pratt, T. L., 1998, Near-surface structural model for deformation associated with the February 7, 1812, New Madrid, Missouri, earthquake, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, n. 2, p. 149?162. 
  • Tuttle, M. P., Lafferty, R. H., III, and Schweig, E. S., III, 1998, Dating of liquefaction features in the New Madrid seismic zone and implications for earthquake hazard: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NUREG/GR-0017, 77 p.
  • VanArsdale, R. B., Purser, J., Stephenson, W. J., and Odum J. K., 1998, Faulting along the southern margin of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 88, n. 1, p. 131?139. 
  • 1999


  • Clendenin, C. W., and Diehl, S. F., 1999, Structural styles of Paleozoic intracratonic fault reactivation: a case study of the Grays Point fault zone in southeastern Missouri, USA: Tectonophysics, v. 305, p. 235-248.
  • Gomberg, J. and Wolf, L., 1999, A possible cause for an improbable earthquake: The 1997, Mw4.9 southern Alabama earthquake and hydrocarbon recovery: Geology, v. 27, p. 367 
  • Harrison, R. W., Hoffman, D., Vaughn, J. D., Palmer, J. R., Wiscombe, C. L., McGeehin, J. P., Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K., Williams, R. A., and Forman, S. L., 1999, An example of neotectonism in a continental interior- Thebes Gap, Midcontinent, United States, Tectonophysics, n. 305, p. 399-417. 
  • Schweig, E. S., 1999, Earthquake hazard assessments and mitigation in the central and eastern United States, in Shen, J., Sun, H., and Schaefer, T. L., eds., Natural disaster mitigation and reduction in China and United States — developments and perspectives:  Beijing, China, China Ocean Press, p. 386-392.
  • Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K., Williams, R. A., Pratt, T. L., Harrison, R. W., and D. Hoffman, D., 1999, Deformation and Quaternary Faulting in Southeast Missouri across the Commerce Geophysical Lineament: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 89, p. 140-155. 
  • VanArsdale, R. B., Cox, R. T., Johnston, A. C., Stephenson, W. J., and Odum J. K., 1999, Southeastern extension of the Reelfoot fault, Seismological Research Letters, v. 70, n. 3, p. 348?359. 
  • 2000

  • Crone, A.J. and Wheeler, R.L., 2000, Data for Quaternary faults, liquefaction features, and possible tectonic features in the Central and Eastern United States, east of the Rocky Mountain front:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-260, 332 p. (http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-00-0260/).
  • Hough, S.E., J.G. Armbruster, L. Seeber, and J.F. Hough (2000), On the Modified Mercalli Intensities and Magnitudes of the 1811-1812 New Madrid, Central United States, earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 23839-23864. 
  • Hough, S.E., 2000, On the scientific value of "unscientific" data: Seismological Research Letters, 71, 483-485. 
  • Hough, S.E., 2000, A volcano in North Carolina: More than just a tall tale?: Seismological Research Letters, 71, 693-699. 
  • Participants* in the 2000 New Madrid Source Workshop, 2000, Reassessing New Madrid, EOS, Am. Geophys. Union Trans., v. 81, p. 397-403.
  • Tuttle, M. P., Sims, J. D., Dyer-Williams, K., Lafferty, R. H., III, and Schweig, E. S., III, 2000, Dating of liquefaction features in the New Madrid seismic zone: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission NUREG/GR-0018, 78 p.
  • Wheeler, R.L., and C.H. Cramer, 2000, Preliminary estimate of amplification of possible earthquake ground motion at a site in Charleston County, South Carolina; U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 00-0484, 33p.
  • Wheeler, R.L., Trevor, N.K., Tarr, A.C., and Crone, A.J., 2000, Earthquakes in and near the northeastern United States, 1638-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2737, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,500,000, short descriptive text on map (downloadable free from http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/i-maps/i-2737/).
  • 2001

  • Bendick, R., R. Bilham, E. Fielding, V. Gaur, S.E. Hough,  G. Kier, M. Kulkarni, S. Martin, and M. Mukol, 2001, The January 26, 2001 Bhuj, India earthquake: Seismological Research Letters, 72, 328-335.
  • Cramer, C.H., 2001, A seismic hazard uncertainty analysis for the New Madrid seismic zone, Engineering Geology, v. 62, p. 251-266.
  • Cramer, C.H., 2001, The New Madrid seismic zone: capturing variability in seismic hazard analyses, Seismological Research Letters, v. 72, p. 664-672.
  • Cramer, C. and Gomberg, J., 2001, Updated New Madrid analysis better defines the uncertainty in seismic hazard maps, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82, 102-106
  • Ellis, M., Gomberg, J. and Schweig, E., Indian earthquake may serve as analog for New Madrid earthquakes EOS, Am. Geophys. Union Trans., 82, 345-350
  • Gan, W., and Prescott, W. H., 2001, Crustal deformation rates in central and eastern U.S. inferred from GPS: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, p. 3733-3736.
  • Gomberg, J., and Schweig, E., 2001, Earthquake hazard in the Appalachian region, in Adams. D. B., Burke, K., Hemingway, B., Keay, J., and Yurewicz, compilers, U.S. Geological Survey Appalachian region integrated science workshop proceedings, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 22-26, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-406, p. 141-143
  • Hildenbrand, T.G., W.D. Stuart, W.D., and Talwani, Pradeep, 2001, Geologic structures related to New Madrid earthquakes near Memphis, Tennessee, based on gravity and magnetic interpretations: Engineering Geology, 62, p. 105-121.
  • Hoffman, D., Schweig, E. S., III, and Harrison, R. W., 2001, Neotectonics of southeast Missouri, featuring the New Madrid seismic zone, in King, P., ed., AEG-AIPG 2001 Fieldtrip guidebook: College Station, TX, Association of Engineering Geologists, p. 131-156.
  • Hough, S.E., 2001, Triggered earthquakes and the 1811-1812 New Madrid, central U.S., earthquake sequence: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91, 1574-1581.
  • Hough, S.E., 2001, The aftershocks that weren't, Natural History Magazine, March, 64-69.
  • Hough, S.E., 2001, 2000-2001 Earthquake Seismology Highlights: Geotimes, 46, 14-15. 
  • Odum, J.K., Stephenson, W.J., Williams, R.A., Worley, D.M., Guccione, M.J., and Van Arsdale, R.B., 2001, High resolution seismic-reflection imaging of shallow deformation beneath the northeast margin of the Manila high at Big Lake, Arkansas, Engineering Geology, v.62, p. 91?103. 
  • Schweig E., Gomberg J., Bodin P., Patterson G., and Davis, S., The internet: shaking up scientific communications: Nature, 412, http://www.nature.com/nature/webmatters/equake/
  • Schweig, E. S., Gomberg, J.S., and VanArsdale, R.B., 2001, Introduction to special issue titled earthquake hazard evaluation in the Central United States, Engineering Geology, 62, 1-5.
  • Stuart, W. D., 2001, GPS constraints on M7-8 earthquake recurrence times for the New Madrid seismic zone: Seismological Research Letters, v. 72, p. 745-753.
  • Wheeler, R.L., and Crone, A.J., 2001, Known and suggested Quaternary faulting in the midcontinent United States: Engineering Geology, v. 62, p. 51-78.
  • Wheeler, R.L., Trevor, N.K., Tarr, A.C., and Crone, A.J., 2001, Earthquakes in and near the northeastern United States, 1638-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-006-01, 4 p. (downloadable free from http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/fact-sheets/fs-0006-01/).
  • Williams, R.A., Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K. and D. M. Worley, 2001, Seismic-reflection imaging of Tertiary faulting and related post-Eocene deformation 20 km north of Memphis, Tennessee, Engineering Geology, v. 62, p. 79?90. 
  • 2002

  • Cramer, C.H., R.L. Wheeler, and C.S. Mueller, 2002, Sensitivity analysis for seismic hazard in the southern Illinois basin, Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, p. 780-793.
  • Cramer, C. H., R. L. Wheeler and C. S. Mueller, 2002, Uncertainty analysis for  seismic  hazard in the southern Illinois basin: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 792-805.
  • Gomberg, J., and Schweig, E., 2002, East meets Midwest: an earthquake in India helps hazard assessment in the Central United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-007-02, 4 p.
  • Hildenbrand,  T.  G.,  J.  H.  McBride  and  D.  Ravat (2002), The Commerce geophysical  lineament and its possible relation to Mesoproterozoic igneous complexes   and   large   earthquakes   in   the  central  Illinois  basin: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 640-659.
  • Hough, S.E. and S. Martin, 2002, Magnitude estimates of two large aftershocks of the 16 December, 1811 New Madrid earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
  • Liao, T., Mayne, P. W., Tuttle, M. P., Schweig, E. S., and Van Arsdale, R. B., 2002, CPT site characterization for seismic hazards in New Madrid seismic zone: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, v. 22, p. 943-950
  • McBride,  J.  H.,  T.  G.  Hildenbrand,  W.  J. Stephenson and C. J. Potter, 2002,  Interpreting  the  earthquake  source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone  (Illinois,  Indiana,  and Kentucky) from seismic reflection, gravity, and  magnetic intensity data: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 660-686.
  • McBride,  J.  H.,  W.  J.  Nelson  and  W. J. Stephenson, 2002, Integrated geological  and geophysical study of Neogene and Quaternary-age deformation in  the  northern Mississippi embayment: Seismological Research Letters, v 73, no. 5, p. 597-627.
  • Odum, J. K., W. J. Stephenson, R. A. Williams, J. A. Devera and J. R. Staub, 2002,  Near  surface  faulting  and  deformation  overlying  the Commerce geophysical lineament in southern Illinois: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 687-697.
  • Takada, K,, Satake, K., Shimokawa, K., Okumura, K., Schweig. E., Atwater, B., Mayrose, L., Tuttle, M., and Haraguchi, T., 2002, Geoslices of sand blows and their potential source beds at the New Madrid seismic zone, central United States in Annual report on active fautl and paleoearthquake researches No. 2:  Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, p. 257-267
  • Tuttle, M. P., Schweig, E. S., Sims, J. D., Lafferty, R. H., Wolf, L. W., and Haynes, M. L., 2002, The earthquake potential of the New Madrid seismic zone:  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 92, p. 2080-2089.
  • Wheeler, R. L., and D. Ravat, 2002, Introduction -- Seismicity, Quaternary faulting, and seismic hazard: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 590-596.
  • Wheeler,  R.  L.,  and  C.  H. Cramer, 2002, Updated seismic hazard in the southern  Illinois  basin -- Geological and geophysical foundations for use in  the  2002  USGS  national  seismic-hazard  maps: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 776-791.
  • In Press


  • Gomberg, J., B. Waldron, E. Schweig, H. Hwang, A. Webbers, R. VanArsdale, K. Tucker, R. Williams, R. Street, P. Mayne, W. Stephenson, J. Odum, C. Cramer, R. Updike, S. Hutson, M. Bradley, Lithology and Shear-wave Velocity in Memphis, Tennessee, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am.
  • Hough, S.E. and R. Bilham, Shaken to the core, Natural History Magazine, February, 42-48, 2003.
  • Hough, S.E., S. Martin, R. Bilham, and G. Atkinson, 2002, The 26 January, 2001 Bhuj, India Earthquake: Observed and predicted ground motions, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
  • Hough, S.E., 2002, Earthquake Seismology Highlights, 2001, Geotimes, 12-13, July. 
  • Liao, T., Mayne, P. W., Tuttle, M. P., Schweig, E. S., and Van Arsdale, R.,  CPT site characterization for seismic hazards in New Madrid seismic zone: Journal of Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering.
  • McBride, John H., Kolata, Dennis R., Hildenbrand, Thomas G., 2002, Geophysical constraints on understanding the origin of the Paleozoic Illinois basin and the Proterozoic eastern granite-rhyolite province, Tectonophysics.
  • McBride, J.H., Hatcher, R., and Stephenson, W.J., Reconciliation of seismic and geologic observations across an internal basement massif, southern Appalachians, USA: Pine Mountain window, GSA Bulletin.
  • Schweig E., Gomberg J., Petersen M., Ellis M., Bodin P., Mayrose L, and Rastogi B. K., The M 7.6 Bhuj earthquake: Global lessons for earthquake hazard in intra-plate regions: Journal of the Geological Society of India.
  • Stewart, J.P., S.E. Hough (Coordinators); S. V. Vandhana, S. Martin, J.D. Frost, R. Moss, and E. Rathje (Contributors), 2002, Chapter X: Damage Patterns: EERI Report on 26 January, 2001, Bhuj, India earthquake.
  • Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., Schweig, E. S., Prentice, C. S., Moya, J. C., and Tucker, K. B., Liquefaction Induced by Historic and Prehistoric Earthquakes in Western Puerto Rico: Tectonophysics.
  • Williams, R.A., Wood, S., Stephenson, W.J., Odum, J.K., Meremonte, M.E., and R. Street, Surface seismic-refraction/reflection measurement determinations of potential site resonances and the areal uniformity of NEHRP site class D in Memphis, Tennessee: Earthquake Spectra
  • *Publications in blue have resulted from, and impact directly, the Memphis Urban Hazard Mapping Project.
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